Insects live in nearly every habitat, and it’s estimated that there are currently 10 quintillion insects on the globe. So far ...

New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.

We humans survive the icy throes of winter with warm coats, space heaters and hot chocolate. Insects, however, have a few more creative strategies up their sleeves. Whether it’s special proteins that ...

Insects have been here on Earth long before humans, and they are here to stay. Check out this list of some of the weirdest ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a honeybee. In many ways, your world is small. Your four delicate wings, each less than a centimeter ...

A worldwide compilation of insect abundance studies shows the number of land-dwelling insects is in decline. On average, there is a global decrease of 0.92 percent per year, which translates to ...

Some insects smell like cilantro, others like bleach or rotting flesh, and a few can blister skin or trigger asthma with a single spray. The chemistry behind these odors reveals a surprisingly ...

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...

The petrol-blue wings of a swallowtail butterfly, soft fur of a giant Patagonian bumblebee, and oil-painted smudges of a ladybug are some of the details captured by British photographer Levon Biss in ...

One of the stranger effects of Brexit was that, after the United Kingdom left the European Union, in 2020, it no longer recognized animals as “sentient beings.” When the U.K. was an E.U. member state, ...

Legal or not, the trade in African ants bound for Europe is booming. What do hobbyists find appealing about these insects, ...

(0802290022/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Forty percent of the world's insect species are at risk of extinction in the coming ...